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1) A good life
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Emma and Agathe are sisters. They were thick as thieves when they were young but have always been as different as can be. Agathe, the younger sister, is disorderly, chaotic, and fiery. Five years older, Emma has always been the more mature sister, the defender, the protector, the worrier. Their relationship as adults is scarred by a tragedy that transformed their happy, ordinary childhoods into something much more complex and challenging. For a long...
Author
Publisher
[Marco Manfre]
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Tells the tale of a once-acclaimed writer-turned recluse who, in his last year, reveals the mistakes and missteps that he has taken over the course of a lifetime. However, the book is more than the great man's narration of his successes and failures, noble deeds and reprehensible acts, times when he soared to great heights and occasions when he plummeted to the trough of despair. It is also a story within a story, that of the unnamed narrator, who,...
3) The gulf
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since Oli found a pamphlet for a remote island commune as a kid, it's all she can think about. Now that she's nearing the end of high school, feeling frustrated with the mounting pressure to choose a career and follow a path she has no interest in, the desire to escape it all has been steadily increasing. Everything comes to a head when Oli's relationship with her best friend goes south and she claps back at a school bully with more than just...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Funeral Cryer long ago accepted the mundane realities of her life: avoided by fellow villagers because of the stigma attached to her job and underappreciated by her husband, whose fecklessness has pushed the couple close to the brink of breakup. But just when things couldn't be bleaker, she takes a leap of faith--and in so doing, things start to take a surprising turn for the better"--
Author
Publisher
Plaza & Janés
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"La esperanzadora historia de una mujer que toma una decisión que cambiará su mundo para siempre y se embarca en una aventura extraordinaria. Winona Farmington soñaba con mudarse a Nueva York y dedicarse al mundo editorial, pero la vida la obligó a abandonar los estudios para volver a su pequeña ciudad del estado de Michigan y cuidar a su madre enferma. Años más tarde, Winnie se consuela viendo Beauchamp Hall, un drama de época ambientado...
6) Another life
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Angie DeSaria has spent years of her life trying to have a child. Now, her marriage has crumbled under the strain. Adrift and alone, she returns to her childhood home, a small coastal town in the Pacific Northwest, to help try and rescue the beloved, failing family business. Lauren Ribido is a senior in high school. She dreams of an Ivy League education, escaping her hometown and her troubled mother. When Angie hires Lauren to work at the restaurant,...